44th Royal Infantry Division

44th Royal Infantry Division
Nickname The Desperados[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command VI Corps


The Forty-fourth Royal Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army. It was one of the SLDF's Royal units, which consisted of troops from the Terran Hegemony.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the VI Corps, Thirteenth Army, to District 3 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[2] The 44th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 44th Royal Infantry Division
Major General Roger "Colt" White 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Infantry division the 44th would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual SLDF, 159
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 146, "Thirteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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